The following are some links to web sites of interest to those in the CG community or other websites which I frequent a lot. First up the CG related sites: www.rendermania.com is Simon Bunker's excellent site devoted to all things rendering. Good HDRI info. www.highend3d.com is a great site featuring news, forums and an image gallery covering a variety of 3D packages. www.debevec.org is the site of Paul Debevec of Berkeley University and expert on all things image based lighting. www.christopher-thomas.net Chris is a former colleague of mine who does some amazing things with the Brazil renderer. www.vfxpro.com is for news and gossip in the VFX industry. www.technolumiere.com is the website of my colleague and technical directing guru Andrew Chapman. www.framestore-cfc.com are a leading light in digital visual effects in the UK. I worked there on "Troy" and on "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". www.dneg.com The website of Double Negative, another great VFX company here in the UK. I worked there on "Tomb Raider II" and am now back. www.troymovie.com Is the official website for the movie Troy. www.freejimmy.com is the official site for a European, animated, CG movie which I worked on during 2002. www.cgtalk.com is an online community of CG artists from all over the world. www.vfxtalk.com is another portal for vfx work featuring interviews with crew members on CG heavy films. www.fxguide.com has a podcast interview Chas Jarrett, Andrew Chapman and I did about our work on "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". Now all the others: www.brookguitars.com make really beautiful handmade acoustic guitars in Devon. I bought one. I didn't regret it. www.idler.co.uk is the website for the excellent Idler magazine. www.framleyexaminer.com is a spoof local newspaper. www.abcgallery.com has jpegs of many great (and not so great) paintings. Very good for reference purposes. www.nicoladodd.co.uk Nicola is a mate of mine and a damn fine artist. about hagakure is the website of my Iaido dojo. www.aldaily.com is a fantastic digest of the world's better publications online. www.bbc.co.uk is the BBC's presence online. www.dpreview.com is the best online resource for digital photography. www.theasc.com is the American Cinematographer website. www.tmphoto.co.uk is a shameless plug for my mate Tom Miles' site. www.infestation.info is the site for a small indie sci-fi horror film I've done some work on. www.elsesc.net is Elsa Santos' website. She's a very talented artist who also happens to work at Framestore-CFC. www.seventydegrees.co.uk is a website devoted to redevloping the Hotel Seventy Degrees in Colwyn Bay.